Mini dron

Mini dron

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Engineers copy nature’s design to create the tiniest drones #Biomimicry
https://www.adafruit.com/blog/2014/09/23/engineers-copy-natures-design-to-create-the-tiniest-drones-biomimicry/

Engineers are mimicking nature in hope of creating micro drones with the flight capabilities of flies, bees, eagles, etc. via sciencelearn.org

Animals from bees to bats are inspiring the new generation of drones or flying robots, and large military strike drones aside, the robots themselves are getting smaller, with microdrones the size of a bug on a flower to eagle-inspired quadcopters with the ability to snatch up objects at speed.

In June, the journal Bioinspiration & Biomimetics published an open-access special edition focused on drone research. Fourteen research teams showcased their latest experimental efforts and the nature inspiration behind the technology.

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